Its under an electric station nearby. The city is distancing itself and says it does not own the property. The city claims it was used as an Army research facility and missile base.
I swear to you all that during the cover of thunderstorms, I have been hearing explosions going on nearby from my home.
I am a combat veteran and can tell the difference between thunder and explosions.
This is intense.
EDIT: OKAY I DIDNT CONFIRM THE DUMB BUT LOOK AT THIS LETTER AND DECIDE.. https://ibb.co/0yXrK9P
Located on the east side of the City, Western Electric is a 22-acre former US Army missile & communications systems manufacturing site with 760,000 square feet of space in 16 buildings. At its peak in the 1960’s, this plant employed almost 4,000 engineers, technicians and line workers. Entire neighborhoods, schools and shopping areas were built nearby to serve the plant.
Employment slowly declined at the plant as the Cold War ended. In 1991, the facility officially closed. The property was sold by the US Government in 2004; it has been predominantly vacant since. In 2016, the plant was added to the National Register of Historic Places to encourage tax credit investors and historic redevelopment.
First of all, OP, thank you for your service from the wife of a Navy veteran (non combat) I've wondered about the same thing here as we live close enough to Fort Knox that the booms from their trainings rattle the house and there's been a few times we've heard booms that sound "different" (Growing up near Fort Knox, you learn the differece betewen thunder and their training real fast) Over the last ... I'd say year or so? we've heard booms that don't sound like Fort Knox or thunder. Originally I'd thought 'Oh it's rednecks playing with tannerite' or 'meth lab explosion' (both valid) but reading this, fuck I'm not so sure now...
Can confirm 100% accurate. Am from the area as well. You know a tank or artillery blast after living here long enough. In the last few years we have been having something very different. It's a 'hollow' kind of rumble. Weird as hell. I have CLOSE friends that work the Spec Ops training areas back in the deep parts of the base (back where even the coyotes won't venture). They are just as baffled.
I'll be honest, I'm glad you're able to discern the blasts from thunder. I'm in Colorado Springs and with the impact areas for both Ft Carson and Peterson AFB, as well as construction blasting, we really can't.
I'm a combat vet myself and I chose to live where I can hear the night firing so I can actually sleep at night, so I kinda pay attention to the booms.
It's not like they're gonna blow up NORAD when they clear it.
Thank you for your support!
One example for me is sometimes I hear thunder that just lingers way too long here during heavy storms. I have experience with explosives and they sound like some stuff I have used to destroy bunkers. I cant imagine the sound of explosions dissipating through whatever sewer or crevice is on the surface but I can see storms being positioned over spots as a cover.
I have seen some crazy planes these past few years as well but Im sure you see that every day near Ft. Knox.